"Hewitt’s Dairy Limited has not had its own dairy herd since 1950. The supply of cow milk in Ontario is currently managed and marketed through Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO), formerly known as the Ontario Milk Marketing Board (OMMB). For specific information regarding milk production, please email Dairy Farmers of Ontario with your question at questions@milk.org."

ALL cow milk in Ontario has to be sold to OMMB (or whatever they call it now). I have a good friend who wanted to use Guernsey Cows ONLY for milk production (tend to have higher butterfat content) and sell it separately. But was told he could ONLY sell it to the OMMB at the same price as all other milk i.e. no premium price for a premium product - even if sold separately to OMMB. So what we get is high production, not high quality.

Maybe I am wrong, but surely Hagersville or Norfolk milk goes to Hewitt's, rather than tankers from Lennox or Lambton. There must be some reasonable economy in OMMB, and possibly the dairy can even select farm suppliers. But who knows how the OMMB works. Their days may be limited if the Feds go after more cartels.

The paragraph where I make that statement is particularly referring to butterfat content.To my palate (and I'm sure many other readers) a higher butterfat in milk and also butter gives a richer feel and taste, which is usually associated with premium products in this product area. Indeed higher butterfat content DOES bring premium prices, so I still maintain that such products are 'higher quality'.

There are possibly other definitions of quality - in which case you could be right (e.g. automobile production lines).However, in this instance, in this Province, I'm still waiting to see increasing 'quality' as measured by butterfat, because of standardization.

Good luck. The production/marketing/processing system in place produces a standardized, high quality product. You want a specialty product but "pay more-get more" isn't axiomatic as you've probably learned--hopefully.

If estufarian is right, there is no incentive to raise Jerseys or Guernseys. The herds seem to be mostly Holstein, and the maximum butterfat a dairy is allowed to produce from this thinner milk is just 35%, for whipping cream.I wonder how many other countries do this. I'm headed toward Lambton and Middlesex counties today, and I can ask a few questions about this.

Find someone willing and able to sell small quantities out the barn door. Did that with dairies around Frontenac county when I lived in Kingston in the early 90s but it was by no means common practice then.